Author Brendon Templin

I'm 23 year-old college graduate twitch-gamer. I play games that either revolve around weaving through bullet waves or eventually crying. I live with my two dogs, and have only ever beaten three RPGs. I once placed first in F-Zero X on Expert Mode.

METROID LITE Red suit. Glowing visor. Gunplay, upgrades, and platforming exploration across a vast alien terrain. No, this is not Samus Aran’s vengeful hunt of the Metroids. This quest is a far more...

When I recently read that a #GamerGate supporter threatened Anita Sarkeesian out of a speech at some college, I was furious. I wasn’t surprised that there was a backlash against the rising wave of feminist...

Juiced, Jarring, and Very Very Blue Lightning’s a miraculous thing. Unfathomable chemistries, in a heartbeat, channel such incredible energy from the clouds that, for just an instant, the sky extends to...

In 1986, California Highway Patrol officer Jim Walls left the force after 15 years of service, having been scarred by a traumatic firefight. In the period following, he was invited to work with Sierra to help...

In the future, when cyborgs have assimilated with mankind, we will differentiate man from robot by one of several humanity tests. One of which will be the playing of Telltale's Walking Dead games. If a being...

Contract Work is a futuristic, RPG-infused, 2D shooter, a labor of love by the one man team of Iterative Games, Kee-Won Hong. Narrowly fulfilling its goal on Kickstarter, this challenging, fast-paced game is...

Forget the barbarian. Forget about the vengeful swordsman, and the knight of destiny. Now think back to the last time you were at the comic book shop, and try to remember the guy that was debating with the...

Speed is a simple pleasure. The elation at accelerating, the brittle delight of velocity, and the promotion of risk-taking to just keep going faster; these are the elements that series like Sonic the Hedgehog,...

Video games make for a wonderful escape from reality. Our vague goals are swapped for fateful objectives, while puny human strength and humble salaries are replaced by heroic means. It’s nice. So imagine a...

There’s something enchanting about the second dimension. The first dimension is all mere lines, and the third is the realm we live in, but the second dimension is a strange facsimile of our own: unwaveringly...

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